Fluvial sediment supply to a mega-delta reduced by shifting tropical-cyclone activity

2016/10/18 by Stephen E. Darby, Christopher R. Hackney, Christopher Hackney +11 · 8 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Coastal and Marine Dynamics #Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics #Delta #Ecology #Environmental science #Fluvial #Geology #Geomorphology #Hydrology (agriculture) #Oceanography #River delta #Sediment #Sediment transport #Sedimentary budget #Structural basin #Surface runoff #Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research #Tropical cyclone

paper · doi:10.1038/nature19809

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• Changes in Tropical Cyclone Number, Duration, and Intensity in a Warming Environment

Cited by

• Projections of declining fluvial sediment delivery to major deltas worldwide in response to climate change and anthropogenic stress
• Impacts of 25 years of groundwater extraction on subsidence in the Mekong delta, Vietnam
• Integrating Suspended Sediment Flux in Large Alluvial River Channels: Application of a Synoptic Rouse‐Based Model to the Irrawaddy and Salween Rivers
• Recent evolution of the Mekong Delta and the impacts of dams
• Mekong delta much lower than previously assumed in sea-level rise impact assessments
• A seismic study of the Mekong subaqueous delta: Proximal versus distal sediment accumulation
• Stratigraphic Formation of the Mekong River Delta and Its Recent Shoreline Changes
• River delta [wikipedia]